Destroyed by fire, Grantsville parish to rebuild January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News The fire that devastated St. Ann in Grantsville two days before Christmas may have taken the tiny faith community’s church building but it failed to claim the parish’s spirit. Parishioners now worship in the chapel at Newman Funeral Home in Grantsville and the religious education program has adopted a home-based approach under the direction of Camilla Rawe.
Basilica pastor celebrates Mass for Ravens January 16, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Before they stepped into noisy M&T Bank Stadium for the AFC Divisional playoff game Jan. 15, some members of the Baltimore Ravens quietly gathered for morning prayer at their downtown hotel.
Cardinal-designate O’Brien used to new and varied assignments January 6, 2012By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Local News, News WASHINGTON – The priestly ministry of Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, named a cardinal Jan. 6 by Pope Benedict XVI, has been marked by frequent assignments, so that he rarely stays in one place very long. And even when he is ensconced somewhere for a while, he gets to moving.
Local men profess vows as Dominicans January 5, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Two graduates of the University of Maryland College Park took a step closer to becoming Dominican priests after professing their solemn vows late in the summer of 2011 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C.
Former Catholic Review columnist dies at 81 January 2, 2012By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Paulist Father James McCabe, former director of the Family Life Center in Baltimore and a longtime columnist for The Catholic Review, died Dec. 25, 2011 in Toronto. He was 81 and had been battling cancer.
Hoop dreams coming true for St. Frances Academy junior December 22, 2011By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Tyshell King has no idea what her life would be like without basketball, which she began playing in middle school.
New CRS president gives back to faith that propelled her December 21, 2011By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Local News, News FOURTH IN A SERIES PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Carolyn Woo learned English from Maryknoll missioner sisters. In tears her first day at Purdue University because she couldn’t decipher a campus map, she found solace at its Newman Center. Woo met and married her husband at Purdue, and its church bell rang when she defended her doctoral dissertation there.
Catonsville parishioner provides haven for ill children December 20, 2011By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News As Brian Morrison walked around the Children’s House at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore, a woman emerged from a room. She overheard Morrison talking about the services his organization, the Believe In Tomorrow Children’s Foundation, provides for the house.
Mercy High launches global education center, hears from international leader December 14, 2011By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Thinking globally isn’t just a catchphrase at Mercy High School. It’s a way of life. That has never been truer, as the school has started a Center for Global Education.
St. Luke honors longtime pastor at his retirement December 13, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News, Retirement EDGEMERE – Standing at the back of St. Luke Church following a Dec. 11 Mass marking his retirement, Monsignor Joseph S. Lizor Jr. extended both arms to shake hands with the many parishioners who wanted to greet him. Several children gave the 79-year-old pastor homemade cards, while hugs seemed to engulf the vested clergyman faster than he expected.
St. John’s Catholic Prep plans move to new campus in Frederick County December 7, 2011By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Western Vicariate St. John’s Catholic Prep in Frederick has announced it will be moving to the campus of St. Thomas More Academy in Buckeystown. St. Thomas More will move to a yet to be determined site in Frederick County.
Updated: Mount St. Joseph mourns revered president December 5, 2011By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Ever the poetic soul, Xaverian Brother James M. Kelly died as the sun was rising Dec. 3, the feast day of his congregation’s patron, St. Francis Xavier.
